diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e8a7bfe..ba9f4a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ nextclade/results
 nextclade/test_output
 phylogenetic/auspice
 phylogenetic/benchmarks
+phylogenetic/data
 phylogenetic/logs
 phylogenetic/results
 
diff --git a/phylogenetic/rules/annotate_phylogeny.smk b/phylogenetic/rules/annotate_phylogeny.smk
index 7a52612..0659a0f 100644
--- a/phylogenetic/rules/annotate_phylogeny.smk
+++ b/phylogenetic/rules/annotate_phylogeny.smk
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rule traits:
     """Inferring ancestral traits for {params.columns!s}"""
     input:
         tree = "results/{gene}/tree.nwk",
-        metadata = "../ingest/results/metadata.tsv",
+        metadata = "data/metadata.tsv",
     output:
         node_data = "results/{gene}/traits.json",
     params:
diff --git a/phylogenetic/rules/construct_phylogeny.smk b/phylogenetic/rules/construct_phylogeny.smk
index 6006d51..a299344 100644
--- a/phylogenetic/rules/construct_phylogeny.smk
+++ b/phylogenetic/rules/construct_phylogeny.smk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rule refine:
     input:
         tree = "results/{gene}/tree_raw.nwk",
         alignment = "results/{gene}/aligned_and_filtered.fasta",
-        metadata = "../ingest/results/metadata.tsv"
+        metadata = "data/metadata.tsv"
     output:
         tree = "results/{gene}/tree.nwk",
         node_data = "results/{gene}/branch_lengths.json"
diff --git a/phylogenetic/rules/export.smk b/phylogenetic/rules/export.smk
index 9514f23..d752260 100644
--- a/phylogenetic/rules/export.smk
+++ b/phylogenetic/rules/export.smk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rule export:
     """Exporting data files for for auspice"""
     input:
         tree = "results/{gene}/tree.nwk",
-        metadata = "../ingest/results/metadata.tsv",
+        metadata = "data/metadata.tsv",
         branch_lengths = "results/{gene}/branch_lengths.json",
         nt_muts = "results/{gene}/nt_muts.json",
         aa_muts = "results/{gene}/aa_muts.json",
diff --git a/phylogenetic/rules/prepare_sequences.smk b/phylogenetic/rules/prepare_sequences.smk
index 3d765a5..872cbd9 100644
--- a/phylogenetic/rules/prepare_sequences.smk
+++ b/phylogenetic/rules/prepare_sequences.smk
@@ -3,15 +3,40 @@ This part of the workflow prepares sequences for constructing the
 phylogenetic tree.
 """
 
+rule download:
+    output:
+        metadata="data/metadata.tsv.zst",
+        sequences="data/sequences.fasta.zst",
+    params:
+        sequences_url="https://data.nextstrain.org/files/workflows/yellow-fever/sequences.fasta.zst",
+        metadata_url="https://data.nextstrain.org/files/workflows/yellow-fever/metadata.tsv.zst",
+    shell:
+        r"""
+        curl -fsSL --compressed {params.sequences_url:q} --output {output.sequences}
+        curl -fsSL --compressed {params.metadata_url:q} --output {output.metadata}
+        """
+
+
+rule decompress:
+    input:
+        sequences="data/sequences.fasta.zst",
+        metadata="data/metadata.tsv.zst",
+    output:
+        sequences="data/sequences.fasta",
+        metadata="data/metadata.tsv",
+    shell:
+        r"""
+        zstd -d -c {input.sequences} > {output.sequences}
+        zstd -d -c {input.metadata} > {output.metadata}
+        """
+
+
 rule filter_genome:
     input:
         exclude = config["files"]["genome"]["exclude"],
         include = config["files"]["genome"]["include"],
-        # TODO once this repo is fully automated and uploading data to
-        # S3, this step should download data from there instead of
-        # depending on the ingest build
-        metadata = "../ingest/results/metadata.tsv",
-        sequences = "../ingest/results/sequences.fasta"
+        metadata = "data/metadata.tsv",
+        sequences = "data/sequences.fasta"
     output:
         sequences = "results/genome/filtered.fasta"
     params:
@@ -65,10 +90,7 @@ rule align_genome:
 rule align_and_extract_prME:
     input:
         reference=config["files"]["prM-E"]["reference"],
-        # TODO once this repo is fully automated and uploading data to
-        # S3, this step should download data from there instead of
-        # depending on the ingest build
-        sequences = "../ingest/results/sequences.fasta",
+        sequences = "data/sequences.fasta",
     output:
         alignment = "results/prM-E/aligned.fasta"
     params:
@@ -97,10 +119,7 @@ rule filter_prME:
     input:
         exclude = config["files"]["prM-E"]["exclude"],
         include = config["files"]["prM-E"]["include"],
-        # TODO once this repo is fully automated and uploading data to
-        # S3, this step should download data from there instead of
-        # depending on the ingest build
-        metadata = "../ingest/results/metadata.tsv",
+        metadata = "data/metadata.tsv",
         sequences = "results/prM-E/aligned.fasta"
     output:
         sequences = "results/prM-E/aligned_and_filtered.fasta"